The first time I went on a silent retreat was ten years ago. It was over the weekend of my 40th birthday. When I told my then husband that I wanted to spend $300 to go away for four days of writing and silence and leave him with our children – who were two…

Yes, I am referring to my mood. After the high of yesterday, today pretty much sucked. But, I am not going to dwell on how bad it sucked, or why it sucked…Nope, I’m going to practice some “thought stoppage” and focus on something else. Today I received an email from bemorewithless and in it they asked: What…